29 May 2018 - The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the consensus now developing on measures needed to resolve the issue of out of pocket medical costs which are creating hardship for so many patients.

Last night’s 4 Corners report on gap costs follows the Out of Pocket Pain survey initiated by the Consumers Health Forum earlier this year which highlighted the heavy expenses people face despite having held private insurance for many years.

“We welcome the recent statements by Private Healthcare Australia, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Medical Association, all of whom have acknowledged that the “egregious” level of fees demanded by some medical specialists leaving patients thousands of dollars out of pocket is unacceptable and well outside the bounds of the codes of conduct of the professions concerned,” the CEO of the Consumers Health Forum, Leanne Wells, said.

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